Old tyres - any value in keeping them?
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My Tuscan is currently shod in Toyo Proxies T1 Sport with 5-6mm of tread all round. The problem is they are tyres manufactured in 2015 which makes me feel a little uneasy about them due to the age they're getting to. With Black Friday I took advantage of Kwik Fit's 20% off Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres, and have the mobile fitter coming tomorrow.
You're forced to pay £5 per tyre for environmentally friendly disposal of my old tyres, but they are actually still in really good condition bar the age so it seems a shame to bin them.
Should I ask to keep them and pop them on eBay or something, or should I find a car park tomorrow morning and have a good hooning session with the tyres?
Or should I just let the Kwik Fit man take them and be done with it?
You're forced to pay £5 per tyre for environmentally friendly disposal of my old tyres, but they are actually still in really good condition bar the age so it seems a shame to bin them.
Should I ask to keep them and pop them on eBay or something, or should I find a car park tomorrow morning and have a good hooning session with the tyres?
Or should I just let the Kwik Fit man take them and be done with it?
The companies who take them off have to pay to have them disposed of, apparently..... Unless they sell them to part worn places.
If they're legal, you'll be surprised who'll have them. I sold some very old ones to chap who wanted them for his car purely for grass track racing.
Or keep them to put heavy things on, ever do engine / gearbox removal? I've seen them used in the garden too, sometimes structurally!
If they're legal, you'll be surprised who'll have them. I sold some very old ones to chap who wanted them for his car purely for grass track racing.
Or keep them to put heavy things on, ever do engine / gearbox removal? I've seen them used in the garden too, sometimes structurally!
sixor8 said:
The companies who take them off have to pay to have them disposed of, apparently..... Unless they sell them to part worn places.
If they're legal, you'll be surprised who'll have them. I sold some very old ones to chap who wanted them for his car purely for grass track racing.
Or keep them to put heavy things on, ever do engine / gearbox removal? I've seen them used in the garden too, sometimes structurally!
Good thinking... I'm sure my other have would use a few for planting veg in If they're legal, you'll be surprised who'll have them. I sold some very old ones to chap who wanted them for his car purely for grass track racing.
Or keep them to put heavy things on, ever do engine / gearbox removal? I've seen them used in the garden too, sometimes structurally!
mozza42 said:
I can't advise - but will say having fitted MPS4s to my Tuscan earlier this year, they are spot on!
I'm not a hyper sensitive driver, so I'll be interested to see if I can notice the difference! However, the consensus seemed to be these are the best ones to go for...and with 20% off I couldn't resist.I looked at buying 4x225/40-18 Michelin tyres from Kwik-fit but my local tyre fitter was £40 cheaper. They were a nominated fitter for Michelin's £50 off offer but Quik-fit weren't. Also the 20% offer was only on the price of the actual tyres then fitting, valves & disposal were added at full price.
Glosphil said:
I looked at buying 4x225/40-18 Michelin tyres from Kwik-fit but my local tyre fitter was £40 cheaper. They were a nominated fitter for Michelin's £50 off offer but Quik-fit weren't. Also the 20% offer was only on the price of the actual tyres then fitting, valves & disposal were added at full price.
I shopped around a few places online, but not got time to be ringing up/visiting places to be honest. I got 2 x 235/40/18 and 2 x 255/40/18's for £530 quid, which was the best I could find and they come to me to fit.
mickyh7 said:
Get them on ebay.
One Man's s
te is another Man's Treasure!
I've sold half worn tyres to Taxi drivers a few times.
Just price them right.
Yeah good point...I suppose if they don't sell then they can become planters One Man's s
te is another Man's Treasure!I've sold half worn tyres to Taxi drivers a few times.
Just price them right.
porterpainter said:
Yeah good point...I suppose if they don't sell then they can become planters
I've recently sold a pair of half used discs and pads!Up for £45 took £30
Unbelievable!!!
They would have normally gone out for the Scrap Lads, but a colleague said put them on Facebook marketplace first.
People will buy anything, bloke drove 30 miles to collect them?
Edited by mickyh7 on Saturday 11th December 17:37
mickyh7 said:
porterpainter said:
Yeah good point...I suppose if they don't sell then they can become planters
I've recently sold a pair of half used discs and pads!Up for £45 took £30
Unbelievable!!!
They would have normally gone out for the Scrap Lads, but a colleague said put them on Facebook marketplace first.
People will buy anything, bloke drove 30 miles to collect them?
Edited by mickyh7 on Saturday 11th December 17:37
Nick
mickyh7 said:
I've recently sold a pair of half used discs and pads!
Up for £45 took £30
Unbelievable!!!
They would have normally gone out for the Scrap Lads, but a colleague said put them on Facebook marketplace first.
People will buy anything, bloke drove 30 miles to collect them?
Lucky he didn't end up parked in your lounge room!Up for £45 took £30
Unbelievable!!!
They would have normally gone out for the Scrap Lads, but a colleague said put them on Facebook marketplace first.
People will buy anything, bloke drove 30 miles to collect them?
Edited by mickyh7 on Saturday 11th December 17:37
Keep the tyres. Order some hooks for the garage wall from fleabay, which cost next to nothing delivered. Then you have a spare set for te next time you need some tyres, but they are on back order because of Covid/Brexit/lockdown/Boris Johnson/French fisherman blockading ports/inflation/wrong kind of snow.....whatever the excuse of the day will be.
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